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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of South Holland District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official South Holland website
37,485 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Feb 1989 to 6 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 8 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
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Fen Cottage 25 Woad Lane Long Sutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9LD
Received 30 Jun 2010Stonegate Weston Spalding Lincs PE12 6HP
Received 20 Nov 20012 CHAUCERS WAY SPALDING PE11 1LH
Received 26 Nov 2018GATE FARM HOLBEACH ROAD SPALDING PE12 6JR
Received 12 Aug 2025Land off Peterborough Road Crowland Peterborough
Received 2 Jun 2014North Road Gedney Hill Spalding PE12 0NL
Received 12 Nov 1991Rear of New Saracens Head Public House Saracens Head
Received 14 Aug 2002Westbourne Lodge 13 Cowbit Road Spalding PE11 2RD
Received 14 Jul 2025OS No.Pt 3408, Old Main Road Fleet Hargate Spalding Lincs
Received 17 Jul 1997Adjacent to 96 Wignals Gate Holbeach
Received 5 Dec 2003Land north of Crowland Garden Centre (Access from James Road) Crowland Peterborough Cambs
Received 14 Sept 201788 RESERVOIR ROAD SURFLEET SPALDING PE11 4DH
Received 8 Jul 202118-19 New Road Spalding
Received 22 May 2002Tykes Cottage Hurn Bank Holbeach Hurn Spalding Lincs PE12 8JG
Received 23 Dec 2010Rear of 28 Hawthorn Bank Spalding PE11 1JH
Received 25 Sept 2024Fenland Manor Holbeach St Johns Spalding PE12 8RQ
Received 15 Jan 2019Land adj. Jalna Queens Bank Postland Crowland Lincs
Received 25 Nov 1999Barr Farm Main Road Deeping St. Nicholas Spalding PE11 3HA
Received 30 Jun 2014High Street Gosberton Spalding Lincs
Received 4 Aug 1997Crowland Telephone Exchange 19 West Street Crowland Peterborough PE6 0EE
Received 12 Sept 1997River Welland Embankment at Welland Yacht Club Spalding
Received 22 Apr 2005Mallard Hurn (Field No 2446) Mallard Drove Donington Spalding
Received 13 Sept 1996Trees adjacent to the rear garden fence at the Coach House 19A High Street Spalding PE11 1TX
Received 26 Jan 2012Off Mill Lane Whaplode Spalding Lincs
Received 15 Dec 1995Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Holland District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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